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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144341 | Making method of sample for evaluation of laser irradiation position and making apparatus thereof and evaluation method of stability of laser irradiation position and evaluation apparatus thereof A method for making a sample for evaluation of laser irradiation position and evaluating the sample, and an apparatus which is switchable between a first mode of modification of semiconductor and a second mode of making and evaluating the sample. Specifically, a sam... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8045183 | Method for determining at least the position of a movable part of a drive unit such as an internal combustion engine or the similar A method for determining at least the position of a moving part of the drive assembly, in which the part is illuminated or exposed to light and thereby the passage of light between the moving part and a part which corresponds thereto is determined. The passage of li... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045184 | Making method of sample for evaluation of laser irradiation position and making apparatus thereof and evaluation method of stability of laser irradiation position and evaluation apparatus thereof A method for making a sample for evaluation of laser irradiation position and evaluating the sample, and an apparatus which is switchable between a first mode of modification of semiconductor and a second mode of making and evaluating the sample. Specifically, a sam... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7812972 | Reticle, apparatus for monitoring optical system, method for monitoring optical system, and method for manufacturing reticle A reticle has a mask substrate, a test pattern established on the mask substrate having an asymmetrical diffraction grating so as to generate positive first order diffracting light and negative first order diffracting light in different diffraction efficiencies, and... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7460249 | Measuring instrument of polygon-mirror motor A measuring instrument of polygon mirror motors includes a first light source, a first photo detecting element for detecting a first reflected light beam, i.e. first measuring light beam emitted from the first light source and reflected from the polygon mirror, a se... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7408654 | Method for measuring position, linear velocity and velocity change of an object in two-dimensional motion A system for reproducibly measuring motion along surfaces of arbitrary or indeterminate length and of arbitrary curvature, using an opto-electronic sensor mounted to an object in motion along the surfaces. The system involves the detection of alternating reflective ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405392 | Optical rotary encoder An optical encoder includes: a rotary slit plate having a rotation angle detection track including an optical slit; a light source for applying light to the optical slit; light detecting elements for rotation angle detection and arranged at positions to which light ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7367117 | Electronic component mounting apparatus and electronic component mounting method The invention prevents mismounting of an electronic component caused by missetting of a component feeding unit in an apparatus. A recognition process of an electronic component is performed according to component library data stored in a RAM. According to “normalâ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358854 | Method and device to identify a periodic light source In a device for location positioning, and more particularly, in a system for identifying an environmental source emitting a base frequency and waveform signal, a sensor (101) records an environmental source (105) emitting a base frequency and waveform ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355727 | Method and system for checking the position of a mechanical part with a light beam A method and a system for checking the position of a mechanical part (2), for example a tool of a lathe, along a checking direction (X), employs an optoelectronic device (1) with a laser beam (7) and a sensor (8) for detecting the interru... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340815 | Method for inserting a valve stem in a valve stem aperture defined by a wheel A valve stem installation system includes a robotic arm for moving a valve stem insertion device around the lip of wheel. The system also includes a pair of valve stem aperture sensors positioned on the robotic arm adjacent the valve stem insertion device and moveab... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343257 | Method and system for device-independent determination of coordinates of a point displayed by means of a microscope A method for non-instrument-dependent determination of coordinates of a point imaged using a microscope includes determining, at object-related reference coordinates of at least one imaged reference point in a DICOM coordinate system, corresponding first instrument ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333219 | Handheld metrology imaging system and method A handheld metrology imaging system and method. In one embodiment, the device may comprise an imaging portion, a display portion, a signal processing and control portion, an image capture activation element and a user interface. The user interface may comprise user ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333108 | Entertainment apparatus, object display device, object display method, recording medium and character display method An entertainment system 10 has: a depth computing module 210 which computes a viewpoint distance from viewpoint coordinate to an object; a scaling computing module 208 which computes scaling for a unique size of the object based on the viewpoint... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333218 | Systems and methods for determining the location and angular orientation of a hole with an obstructed opening residing on a surface of an article Provided are systems 10 and methods 100 for determining both the location and angular orientation of holes 12 with openings 14 on a surface 16 of an article 18 that are at least partially obstructed. In a method of the prese... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326939 | Method and device for quality controlling packets A method and device for quality controlling packets of cigarettes, whereby, as a packet is fed, in use, through a quality control station, an optical detecting unit acquires data relative to given portions of the packet, which portions are coated with material optic... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317515 | Method of localizing fluorescent markers The invention describes a method of determining the position of fluorescent markers in a sample (4), with a high spatial resolution. To this end, the sample (4) is illuminated with an exciting light beam (11), while the sample (4) is simu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315373 | Wafer positioning method and device, wafer process system, and wafer seat rotation axis positioning method for wafer positioning device In wafer positioning by moving a center point (0) of a wafer (21) to a given position and orienting a notch part (21a) of the wafer in a given direction, wafer seat drive means (2,3,8, or 9) positions a rotation axis (B) of ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7289655 | Device for inspecting illumination optical device and method for inspecting illumination optical device The invention provides a device to inspect an illumination optical device and a method to inspect an illumination optical device that make it possible to efficiently inspect illumination optical devices and to control manufacturing cost. A lens array inspecting devi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277662 | Belt member, belt driving unit, and image forming apparatus A belt member is formed in an annular shape, which enables endless circulation of the belt member, and includes a belt base; a mark that is formed with a light reflective material; and a protection layer that is formed with a translucent material. The protection lay... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274452 | Alignment apparatus An alignment apparatus 10 comprises a table 11 which is provided rotatably in a plane, and equipped with a loading plane 12A capable of sucking a wafer W, a shift mechanism 30 that moves the table 11 in the X- and Y-axis directions... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265832 | Optical flow meter for measuring gases and liquids in pipelines An optical system design for measuring the velocity of fluids flowing through pipes or other conduits is disclosed. The optical system is comprised of a means for delivering two beams through a window in the wall of the pipe, focused to two points aligned along an a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266139 | Optical semiconductor device module and bidirectional module A semiconductor laser diode optically coupled to an optical fiber is mounted on a stem. A cap having a light transmissive hole between the optical fiber and the semiconductor laser diode is fixed to the stem. A ball lens is fixed in the light transmissive hole. The ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263172 | X-ray apparatus having means for determining movable component positions The invention relates to an apparatus, notably an X-ray apparatus, which comprises two components which are displaceable relative to one another. A position visualization unit is arranged on one component of the apparatus and the other component of the apparatus is ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256409 | Optical sensor circuit combining functions of open and close type optical sensor circuits An optical sensor circuit comprises an optical sensor adapted to sense a position of a component in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the presence or absence of a flag and output a signal indicative of the position. A position sensing driver recei... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253384 | Focusing system using light source and image sensor An apparatus comprising a movable optical element having an optical axis and including one or more focusing elements, an image sensor positioned along the optical axis and substantially normal thereto, and a radiation source attached to the movable optical element, ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239399 | Pick and place machine with component placement inspection Improved component placement inspection and verification is performed by a pick and place machine. Improvements include stereovision imaging of the intended placement location; enhanced illumination to facilitate the provision of relatively high-power illumination i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233389 | System and method for the measurement of the velocity and acceleration of objects A method and system is disclosed for determining a flight characteristic of an object in a flight path, the flight characteristic to be determined can be the object's position while in flight, a linear velocity, a rotational velocity or an acceleration of the object... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229017 | Laser locating and tracking system for externally activated tags A system for identification and tracking of a tag distributed in a room is presented. A laser base station is configured to scan laser beams through a portion of a room. A tag is configured to be reactive to incident laser beams scanned from the laser base station t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214928 | Scanning unit for an optical position measuring device A scanning unit for an optical position measuring device, the scanning unit having a structured optoelectronic photodetector that includes: a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of radiation-sensitive detector areas, which are arranged next to each other on the sem... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202468 | Power transfer device with contactless optical encoder and color reflective surface An angular offset sensing device includes an optical encoder having a light generating element and a light sensor. An armature includes a reflective surface having a generally semicircular shape and a spectrum of color disposed thereon varying from a first end of th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193730 | Eccentricity measuring instrument of polygon-mirror motor An eccentricity measuring instrument of polygon mirror motors includes a first light source, an optical position detecting element for detecting a position of first reflection light, i.e. first measuring light emitted from the first light source and reflected on the... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181832 | Valve stem installation device A valve stem installation system includes a robotic arm for moving a valve stem insertion device around the lip of wheel. The system also includes a pair of valve stem aperture sensors positioned on the robotic arm adjacent the valve stem insertion device and moveab... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180606 | Machine vision system for measuring heights of items A machine vision system (1) has two laser sources (2, 3) to illuminate a solder deposit from both sides for comprehensive coverage without occlusion. The camera (4) has an FGPA (32) programmed to define a subset of the sensor array (20... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177019 | Apparatus for imaging metrology This invention is an apparatus for imaging metrology, which in particular embodiments may be integrated with a processor station such that a metrology station is apart from but coupled to a process station. The metrology station is provided with a first imaging came... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177454 | Automated detection of objects in a biological sample A method, system, and apparatus are provided for automated light microscopic for detection of proteins associated with cell proliferative disorders. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171088 | Image input device A number of optical fiber cords 11 are bundled together to constitute an image fiber. A first end of the image fiber 12a is incorporated within and covered by a cylindrical member to constitute an imaging section, which in turn forms one of a pl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159305 | Electronic component mounting apparatus An electronic component mounting apparatus is configured to adjust a positional relationship between two axes when an error occurs in the positional relationship between the axes when a beam is moved by two drive sources. According to movement of the beam for compon... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151596 | Deflection angle detecting device A deflection angle detecting device includes a light source, a path switching plane switching the optical path of part of light radiated from the light source, a detecting reflection surface placed on the optical path switched by the path switching plane and provide... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145163 | Apparatus for detecting light-transmissive sheet-like body Illuminating light emitted from a light source is led via a condenser lens, an optical fiber, a half-silvered mirror, and a condenser lens to a reflector. The reflector reflects the illuminating light to a CCD device through a telecentric optical system which compri... | 12/05/2006 |
